MSE at UTA. The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is a university-wide, highly-interdisciplinary graduate program with 8 core materials faculty and approximately 25 affiliated faculty spanning from physics and chemistry to electrical, mechanical, aerospace, civil and biomedical engineering.

Tribology, Lubrication & Coating Laboratory

TLCL was established over 15 years ago and has been funded by grants totaling over $1 million by Platinum Research Organization and The Texas Higher Education Coordination Board, Boeing Corporation, Lubrizol Corporation, Ford Motor Company etc. . There have been several major initiatives within TLCL that include:

Development of High performance low phosphorous engine oils: The goal of the project has been to develop engine oils that are low in phosphorous and yet maintain their high anti wear performance. The outcome of the project would result in better fuel economy and lower emissions

Development of high performance universal greases: The goal of this project has been to develop low MoS2 greases that have improved low load wear performance while still retaining its extreme load carrying capacity

Development of conformal large area fluorinated hydrocarbon coatings: A new method for coating large areas with PTFE using a catalyst to enhance the deposition of PTFE at low temperatures was developed. Applications include: low friction coatings for anti-icing applications, anti-corrosion coatings, low friction and wear coatings for MEMS applications.

Results developed from ongoing research has resulted in 12 patent applications with the US Patent office and over 30 publications.

Personnel

Pranesh B. Aswath, Ph.D. Professor and Vice Provost

Collaborators

Ali Erdemir, Ph.D. Argonne National Lab, Chicago, IL

Nicole Doerr, Ph.D. AC2T GmBH, Austria,

Arup Gangopadhyay, Ph.D., Ford Motor Company

Fabrice Dassenoy, Ph.D., Ecole Centrale, Lyon

Richard Timmons, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Chemistry, UTA

Funding

Platinum Research Organization (TX)

Texas Higher Education Coordination Board

Ford Motor Company

Boeing

Lubrizol Corporation

Vanderbilt Corporation

Current Graduate students

Mr. Vinay Sharma (Ph.D. Student)

Ms. Kimaya Vyvahare (Ph.D. Student)

Alumni of Group

Dr. Vibhu Sharma (Intel Corporation)

Dr. BoHoon Kim (CalTec Corporation)

Dr. Mihir Kumar Patel (Chevron)

Ms. Hansika Parekh (Ingenia Polymers)

Ms. Arunya Suresh (MBA Candidates)

Mr. Kush Shah (Karma Automobiles)

Mr. Sujay Bagi (Ph.D. Student MIT)

Ms. Beibei Wang (Ph.D. student, UC Davis)

Mr. Tonye Adeogba (Tesla Corp)

Mr. Pradip Pichumani (Global Foundries)

Mr. Olusanmi Aderniran (Schaffler)

Dr. Zahedul Hug (Eaton Corp)

Dr. Gabi Nehme (Associate. Prof. Balamad University)

Dr. Ramoun Mourhatch (Oronite Corporation)

Dr. Anuradha Somayaji

Mr. Sunit Munot (Independent Business)

Mr. Krupal Patel (Independent Business)

Ms. Kajal Parekh (Munzig)

Mr. Hiroshi Ito (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)

Mr. Joonas Ponkala (Nokia)

Tribology Testing Equipment

Plint Ball on Cylinder Test Setup

Plint TE 92 Instrumented 4 Ball test rig.

Plint TE 77 HFRR Tester.

Instrumented In house developed Ball on Cylinder tester for Lubrication Testing

Instrumented Ring on Block and Ring on Cylinder tester for Grease testing